Impressions of Belgrade and Serbia (and some occasional vacation photos!) by a long-term ex-pat.

Friday, February 27, 2009

I finally found some mailboxes!

This post is for Marie at Vintage Postcards, who wanted me to show her what Serbian mailboxes looked like. The more I thought about, I realized I hadn't seen a mailbox on the street/wall for a long, long time, so I went hunting. These are two that I found, but they are right smack in front of post offices. This got me thinking of my experiences when I first came here 32 years ago when you could actually find mailboxes all over. However, most people I knew then preferred to take their letters directly to the post office, since they said the wall boxes weren't reliable, i.e. the mailman never picked up the contents or else did so very sporadically. I guess it must have been true, for the only ones I've seen now are right in front of post offices...but then why bother putting your mail in when you can be sure it gets picked up if you take it inside? Hmmm. Point to ponder.

17 comments:

Hooray! Jumping up and down and clapping! They are so noble! The golden envelopes are such surprising details! I have had this mailbox addiction ever since I was a little girl. Is there any hope? Thank you sooo much Bibi! Huge Hugs!

A few years back a former parishioner of mine was going to visit family in Serbia for the first time since they had moved. Since we lived close he asked me, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, to pick up his mail everyday. I told him he could hold it at the post office but he didn't trust them; he said they can easily see an envelope and assume there is money inside and pocket it.

I love it when I see mailboxes, too. Unfortunately from where I live now there is no such thing. One has to go to the post office to get your mails posted. Years ago, I didn't trust the post office here, but things changed. Thanks to that, I now send and receive posts, even if I have to pick it up at the post office myself :)

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I'm an American woman who's lived and worked in Serbia for over 40 years. I've come to love the people with all their idiosyncrasies, and created this blog to help break some of the negative press about Serbs. I take requests for photos!